Hisua is a city and a

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Nawada district Nawada district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. Nawada is its administrative headquarters. The district is the easternmost district of the Magadh division, one of the nine administrative divisions of Bihar. The ...

in the

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state of

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. It is situated on the right bank of the

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river along Gaya and Nawada road, west of

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and east of

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. The city lies adjacent to the Tilaiya Junction railway station on the Southern Bihar Railway. The primary occupation of Hisua's residents is agriculture, and the town is known for its

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and local poetry. Hisua is also known for gold jewellery shops. Tilkut, lai,

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and khaja are among the traditional sweets from Hisua that are popular in Bihar.

History

Hisua had a system of tax collection called '' zamindari'', which was prevalent until 1953. Most of the agricultural land and surroundings of Hisua were controlled by the ''zamindar'' family three brothers out of five ruled and controlled large acres of land in and around Gaya Bihar. Their ''

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'' (private mansion) was known as ''Hisua Darbar'' in Hisua and Gaya. They had control over a large area spanning Chouparan,

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, Hisua, Akbarpur and Rajouli. They had a large area of land for

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mining, which they eventually leased out to various companies. After the abolition of Zamindari Pratha by

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in 1953, the agricultural land was distributed to the local villagers by the ''zamindar'' family of Hisua Estate.

Demographics

In the mid-19th century, many labourers from the region migrated to

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, Reunion Island, and various

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islands. The population of Hisua was 6,704 in 1901,''British India Gazette'' 1905 but had grown to 25,045 by 2001. According of

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, Hisua had a total population of 32,585, of which 16,987 were males and 15,598 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 5,504. The total number of literates in Hisua was 19,361, which constituted 59.4% of the population with male literacy of 64.8% and female literacy of 53.5%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Hisua was 71.5%, of which male literacy rate was 78.0% and female literacy rate was 64.4%. The

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population was 6,178 and 9 respectively. Hisua had 5096 households in 2011. Hisua was India's first child labour-free block.

Languages

The official languages are

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and

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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Magahi The Magahi language (), also known as Magadhi (), is a language spoken in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal states of eastern India, and in the Terai of Nepal. Magadhi Prakrit was the ancestor of Magahi, from which the latter's name derives. ...

is the most commonly spoken language in Hisua.

Commerce

The main market of Hisua is at Bazaar, Main Road and Narhat Road. Hisua's economy is primarily dependent on agriculture. There are three petrol pump stations in Hisua town, automobile showrooms and one domestic gas agency in the city. The Station Road area is an emerging commercial hub with the development of a new railway line from

to Koderma and

Industry

Although most industries in Hisua are small-scale, family-owned businesses, Hisua is the second fastest-growing town in the district of Nawada. Planned developments include a pipeline project, a polytechnic college, and an extension of the railway from Tilaiya Station to Koderma.

Education

* Gyan Bharti Model Residential Complex, a CBSE-affiliated school near Dhanwan, 3 km east of Hisua * Chanakya Vidyapith,primary school near bagodar * Jeevan Jyoti * Khanqah Chishtia Madarsa, Chhota Shaikhpura

Railway station

Hisua railway station Hisua railway station is a railway station on the Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line under the Danapur railway division of East Central Railway zone. It is situated beside National Highway 82 at Hisua in Nawada district in the Indian state of Bihar ...

is the main station of Hisua. Nearby Tilaiya Junction railway station connects

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and Koderma.

References

{{Magadh Division Cities and towns in Nawada district